Results 1-20 of 295 for sligo speaker:Joan Burton

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: We have experience of this in terms of our economic history. Let us say one is in business in Sligo and one is extremely law-abiding, but there may be other operators and businesses in the town that are less picky. What happens along the Border region is that the businesses that would like to be law-abiding are simply undercut to a very significant degree by the businesses that might not be...

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Joan Burton: ...extra train carriages required runs to years. Electrification of the principal commuter lines such as the Connolly to Maynooth service must be the imperative, as well as those to Kildare and Drogheda. We should set a timetable for an electric train to Portlaoise and on to Cork and Galway and Sligo. We have no ambition for the kind of transport that other countries take for granted. I...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Chambers Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: I did not expect to be saying this, but I agree with much of what the presentations contained, particularly the points made by Mr. Doyle about making Sligo a living city, albeit it a small one. I welcome the emphasis on transport but Dublin city is facing a crisis in which its very character is under siege, from financial and money people who are literally gouging the heart out of the city...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: ...between many of the German regions, particularly in the old West Germany, is they have a long, intergenerational tradition of SME industries which provide local employment in areas comparable to Sligo, Longford or Wexford but which are not dependent on somebody making every decision in a branch head office in a city comparable to Dublin. I link this to the Bill because, as I said as I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Project Ireland 2040 Administration (1 May 2018)

Joan Burton: .... Perhaps it will be more. The Taoiseach indicated that he seems to be undertaking a roadshow across the country, attending many stage-managed events in third level institutions. He mentioned Sligo, Limerick and Galway, all of which have third level educational institutions. Who chooses the questions to be asked at these events or can students and others who attend these events ask...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: ...for foreign direct investment because of the calibre of those who have been educated and trained here. Institutes of technology are vital to attracting more foreign direct investment to Tralee, Sligo and Mayo and as such we need clarity that the people employed in these institutions will get contracts. The Minister of State did not address the point I made about ancillary staff in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the DART expansion programme and the electrification of the Sligo line from Connolly to Maynooth together with removal of level crossings and re-signalling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38090/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Receipts: Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners (14 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: Mr. McCarthy's observations are very important because it is a very tight definition. We will not finish too many roads to Sligo and other places around the country. Perhaps the delegates might describe what the implications will be in the run-up to the budget. The fact of the matter which is part of a wider argument in the European Union is that countries can borrow, effectively, at a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: ...for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to secure funding for the expansion of DART services to west Dublin, in particular the electrification of the section of the Dublin to Sligo line as far as Maynooth. [23900/17]

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Joan Burton: ...previously. The Minister should not bury everything under the idea of having an underground DART because that project will not be completed for a long time. What he could do is electrify the Sligo line as far as Maynooth to facilitate the DART. Approximately 12,000 houses have been built in the Ongar, Clonee and Hansfield areas in recent years and a special development zone has been in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: ...already made about supporting a regional report, would she broadly support the completion of the motorway system that was undertaken at the height of the boom? I refer, in particular, to the N4 to Sligo, which remains unfinished. Would she also support the notion of the Atlantic corridor? Would she support the notion of developing a contact like the road from Limerick, for example, to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Revised): Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: .... The Department of Social Protection, in which I worked, has a huge amount of employment distributed throughout the country. There are large amounts of such employment in places such as Donegal, Sligo and the north west, as well as in the rest of the country. I seek reassurance from the Minister that this country-wide employment structure will remain largely intact. We have seen what...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (6 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: 473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART expansion programme and the electrification of the Sligo line from Connolly to Maynooth, together with removal of level crossings and resignalling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38715/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Data (4 May 2016)

Joan Burton: ...Donegal 1,309 Dublin 32 Galway 785 Kerry 572 Kildare 21 Kilkenny 95 Laois 97 Leitrim 343 Limerick 150 Longford 171 Louth 69 Mayo 1,259 Meath 54 Monaghan 372 Offaly 80 Roscommon 313 Sligo 227 Tipperary 280 Waterford 66 Westmeath 128 Wexford 163 Wicklow 51 Total 8,039

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: ...572 269 Kildare 21 25 Kilkenny 95 18 Laois 97 21 Leitrim 343 95 Limerick 150 74 Longford 171 51 Louth 69 11 Mayo 1,259 559 Meath 54 15 Monaghan 372 39 Offaly 80 44 Roscommon 313 140 Sligo 227 121 Tipperary 280 59 Waterford 66 12 Westmeath 128 37 Wexford 163 40 Wicklow 51 19 Totals 8,039 2,525

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: ...for a Companion Free Travel Pass from the person concerned was medically assessed by a Medical Assessor on 1 April 2016. The medical opinion has been conveyed to Household Benefits Section, Sligo and the customer will be contacted shortly regarding the decision on the application.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (26 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: ...for a Companion Free Travel Pass from the customer named above was medically assessed by a Medical Assessor on 22 January 2016. The medical opinion has been conveyed to Household Benefits Section, Sligo and the customer will be contacted in due course regarding the decision on his appeal.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (21 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: ...pension, if not already availed of, and to forward the application form to Widows and Orphans Pension Section, Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Pension Services Office, College Road, Sligo. An application for widower’s contributory pension was not received from the person concerned until 10 November 2015. Legislation provides for backdating of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Data (14 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: ... Galway 43,483 Kerry 35,002 Kildare 42,779 Kilkenny 15,223 Laois 15,368 Leitrim 8,005 Limerick 26,942 Longford 7,631 Louth 21,869 Mayo 33,902 Meath 34,937 Monaghan 11,673 Offaly 15,534 Roscommon 14,553 Sligo 12,506 Tipperary 36,355 Waterford 15,708 Westmeath 17,997 Wexford 25,621 Wicklow 26,073 Total 887,010

Other Questions: Employment Support Services (13 Jan 2016)

Joan Burton: ...basis and in the regions. They can deal with companies and look at Irish people who may have ideas for new enterprises. Where there is a training requirement, and I gave an example with regard to Sligo and I can give other examples also, if we are told about it we will set out to work with whoever is the appropriate education provider. We took in the old FÁS employment services....